Optical module

Abstract

There is provided an optical module comprising a semiconductor laser element; and a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) in which a waveguide is formed on a substrate. A position of a light-emitting point of the semiconductor laser element is approximately aligned with a position of a core of the waveguide. In a plan view, a first line segment representing an emission surface of the semiconductor laser element and a second line segment corresponding to the first line segment and representing an incident surface of the waveguide are arranged oblique to each other, and the light-emitting point of the semiconductor laser element is disposed closer to an intersection point of an extension line of the first line segment and the second line segment or an extension line of the second line segment than a center of the first line segment.

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